Current Events > Evidence is showing that Covid-19 may be dying off (and not b/c of vaccines).

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9226829/COVID-cases-cut-HALF-Seven-day-average-nearly-50-peak-January-12.html

COVID's deadliest day: More than 5,000 died on Thursday as fatalities remain stubbornly high after holiday surge - but experts say they are baffled by 50% drop in new infections with just 8.7% of US vaccinated and NO herd immunity

• US saw its deadliest day on record on Thursday with 5,077 new fatalities despite falling cases
• The nationwide seven-day average for new coronavirus cases has fallen to 121,645
• It marks a 50.5% decrease from the peak on January 12 when the average was close to 250,000
• For the first time in weeks, the seven-day average is below 20,000 cases in every single state
• Texas and California still lead with average daily cases over 15,000
• National hospitalizations from COVID-19 have also fallen to 88,668 - the first time they have fallen below 90,000 since November 27
• The drop in cases and hospitalizations comes as the vaccine rollout continues, but slowly, with just 8.7 percent vaccinated

If it's dying off on its own (without vaccines), this wouldn't surprise me. Even top scientists can't figure it out but history has shown that all pandemics just die out in a year even without a vaccine. Bubonic plague, influenza, Spanish flu, Ebola... They all disappeared after a year, as history has shown. Just Google it and see for yourself if you don't believe me. Nobody knows why. Top epidemiologists are baffled by it too. It's like it's programmed to flame out in a year.

Whether it's because of vaccines or not, I'm just glad the finish line is in sight. As for the variants? Don't worry about those. The media makes every variant seem like it's the end of the world, but the reality is that all viruses mutate, and the current vaccines are still very effective against them.

We're gonna be OK.

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dailymail? Get the fuck out of here.

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Biden merely turned the Covid 5G antennas off now that he's the marxist antifa china puppet communist dictator of the USA corporation.

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stopped reading at dailymail

Got another source dawg?

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1337toothbrush posted...

dailymail? Get the fuck out of here.

jason19192 posted...

stopped reading at dailymail

Chicken posted...

Got another source dawg?

@jason19192 @1337toothbrush @Chicken I know Daily Mail isn't exactly trustworthy, but they didn't just make this up. They have sources for these claims. And I quote:

Meanwhile, experts are encouraged, but perplexed by the decline in infections. Vanderbilt University infectious diseases professor Dr William Shaffner told DailyMail.com he is 'bumfuzzled' by what's driving the trend.

It's too soon for vaccines to be a significant driver of the downturn; just 8.7 percent of the US population has had one or more shots, according to Bloomberg data, and the US is nowhere near herd immunity yet.

Now, I doubt Daily Mail made up a fictitious person named Dr. William Shaffner and used this made-up person as a source. We can assume he's a real person, as well as a real doctor, yeah?

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The Sock posted...

Now, I doubt Daily Mail made up a fictitious person named Dr. William Shaffner and used this made-up person as a source. We can assume he's a real person, as well as a real doctor, yeah?

LMAO, no you can't trust them not to have done that. They are about as reliable as that drunk geezer down the pub who knows a lad who "over heard something".

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*stares in malaria*

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1337toothbrush posted...

dailymail? Get the fuck out of here.

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Funkydog posted...

LMAO, no you can't trust them not to have done that. They are about as reliable as that drunk geezer down the pub who knows a lad who "over heard something".

@Funkydog Well, according to https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/person/william-schaffner-md he is a real doctor at Vanderbilt.

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Still. ALWAYS get a source that isn't the Daily Mail. They are a disgusting shit rag.

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Scientists are ANGRY about this one weird trick!

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Funkydog posted...

Still. ALWAYS get a source that isn't the Daily Mail. They are a disgusting shit rag.

@Funkydog True. I will look for more.

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The Sock posted...

@Funkydog True. I will look for more.

I mean there is a reason its nicknamed the Daily Fail/Daily Heil lol.

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No new cases doesn't mean no new infections, it just means people aren't getting tested.

I know in my area the people currently being hit the hardest are people who can't afford to take off work to go get tested, let alone quarantine for two weeks if they come back positive. People are just dealing with it.

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A single doctor is not enough to base any sound judgement or opinion on.

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The Sock posted...

True. I will look for more.

Dailymail is as reliable as CNN.

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Imagine linking to dailymail, a tabloid shit publication fairly infamous for its science coverage being terrible and right-wing political, as a source for science information.
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I think it's dumb, possibly clickbait topic title, to take "there are fewer cases today" and immediately jump to "the sickness is dying out, we're all saved"

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I imagine there was a huge upswing in cases after dumbasses traveled around for Christmas, so a big drop around this time probably wouldn't be a surprise.

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It's cuz all the dumbass wreckless people already went out and caught it early with many of them dying. Now theres alot more smart and cautious people left, so less dumbasses to get infected.

Half joking, but kinda serious lol

Looks like my Superbowl party is on

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Remember when trump said itll die off in the summer heat, or something? Lol.

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@The_Sock
Not only is Daily Mail not a reliable source. One so called doctor isnt a reliable source either.

Demon sperm Dr. Stella Immanuel?

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jason19192 posted...

stopped reading at dailymail

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Sounds promising, but I might want to get a second opinion from the National Enquirer.

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Were just seeing it fall after everyone's been back home for a month after the holidays

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I was going to say that ^^^.

The fallout from Christmas and Thanksgivings are subsiding.

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The Sock posted...

@Funkydog Well, according to https://www.vumc.org/health-policy/person/william-schaffner-md he is a real doctor at Vanderbilt.

Does that even matter? Remember that crazy religious "doctor" that sided with Trump and said no masks?

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It's reducing thanks to measures like lockdowns, social distancing and widespread mask usage. Vaccines then make it much, much less likely to contract the virus, which will hopefully be the nail in the coffin for the virus.

It's not disappearing of its own volition, and anyone who uses this Daily Mail article to try and argue that is a fucking mouthbreather.

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MrMallard posted...

It's reducing thanks to measures like lockdowns, social distancing and widespread mask usage. Vaccines then make it much, much less likely to contract the virus, which will hopefully be the nail in the coffin for the virus.

It's not disappearing of its own volition, and anyone who uses this Daily Mail article to try and argue that is a fucking mouthbreather.

So now you're insulting me? What the fuck man? I never insulted you or anyone else here. @MrMallard

And in my original post I said "Whether it's because of vaccines or not, I'm just glad the finish line is in sight."

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I'm insulting the notion of people who think the virus is going away on its own. It's not - it's because of the measures we've put in place to contain the virus.

Do you think the virus is going away on its own for some unexplained natural reason?

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Bubonic plague

four years, or seven years, depends on how you look at it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

influenza
uh, ongoing?

Spanish flu

three years (feb 1918 - march 1920):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

Ebola

three years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic

They all disappeared after a year, as history has shown.

please google things before you post them, not doing that makes you look like you don't care if you're full of shit, like maybe you're trying to downplay something or push an agenda.

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Fluttershy posted...

Bubonic plague

four years, or seven years, depends on how you look at it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death

influenza
uh, ongoing?

Spanish flu

three years (feb 1918 - march 1920):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

Ebola

three years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_African_Ebola_virus_epidemic

They all disappeared after a year, as history has shown.

please google things before you post them, not doing that makes you look like you don't care if you're full of shit, like maybe you're trying to downplay something or push an agenda.

I do care, and I'm an idiot for not Googling things before I posted my original post, and I'm sorry. I'm a dumbass. @Fluttershy

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Posting dailymail should be treated just the same as naming porn sites

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care to explain why you said this?

Just Google it and see for yourself if you don't believe me

like as much as i'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt it really seems like you were just trying to bullshit and spread bullshit.

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Fluttershy posted...

care to explain why you said this?

Just Google it and see for yourself if you don't believe me

like as much as i'd like to give you the benefit of the doubt it really seems like you were just trying to bullshit and spread bullshit.

@Fluttershy Cause I'm a moron. I copied and pasted that entire comment from someone else.

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The Sock posted...

https://www.dailymail...

Whatever you've posted is made-up.


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I hear Bat Boy is the Shadow President too.

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Also the plague isnt even completely gone, it still pops up every once in a while

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I copied and pasted that entire comment from someone else.

let's see it then.

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If this is true it is a good thing but Daily Mail? Sorry.

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Fluttershy posted...

I copied and pasted that entire comment from someone else.

let's see it then.

@Fluttershy I got it from https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9226829/COVID-cases-cut-HALF-Seven-day-average-nearly-50-peak-January-12.html#comments and copied and pasted it without even thinking. Here's the screenshot:



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shockthemonkey posted...

lmfao here comes the meltdown

@shockthemonkey Nah, no meltdown from me. After thinking about it, I deserve to be ridiculed/mocked for posting this thread. :)

Again, I apologize ya'll. I jumped the gun and was so excited after reading that I posted it without really thinking.

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DJquackquack posted...

Remember when trump said itll die off in the summer heat, or something? Lol.

If we keep deaths down to 100,000 or 200,000 then well have done a good job!

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I think the issue is the average person doesn't give a shit if 400k (or hell 4 million died) providing it doesn't affect them directly.

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lzual posted...

I think the issue is the average person doesn't give a shit if 400k (or hell 4 million died) providing it doesn't affect them directly.

all of it's true. i care but anti-maskers don't. the disease is highly preventable to some extent.
as far as bubonic plague. i'll count 7 years (the number before the disease was gone).
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